The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 333315
Missa In Honorem Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 365822
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290497
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823648
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 656486
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202658
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202245
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235845
for: SATB
Score
Item no.: 1593068
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253611
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 464854
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 893791
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957326
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764114
for: Chor (SATB) und Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 864520
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1093124
for: Soloists [S/A] and Mixed Choir [SATB]
Choir score
Item no.: 894525
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 880888
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 645659
for: Soli SMsATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel, Harfe
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337001
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 137952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 638277
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 263488
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911785
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 867771
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1365841
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1366288
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1208996
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 638361
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 560702
Buch
Item no.: 248917
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297199
for: Hunting horn, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310597
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik 15
Item no.: 620525
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Item no.: 602339
Galopp für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 604756
Galopp für Zupforchester
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 604755
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237199
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 245576
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697294
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 379621
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 144006
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 490595